200 job cuts at Peninsula Hospital in New York

Peninsula Hospital, hobbled by a partial state-imposed shutdown, has laid off 200 employees.

The hospital, which is struggling to come out of bankruptcy, also agreed to let a trustee appointed by its creditors oversee operations.

State Health Department officials ordered a shutdown of the Far Rockaway hospital’s lab on Feb. 23 after finding expired plasma in the blood bank and other violations.

Stamford school district lays off 12 teachers

The city school district laid off 12 classroom teachers, in what the teachers’ union president said is the biggest round of layoffs in decades.

In 1982, the Board of Education’s budget was cut by $3.4 million, forcing the board to close Rippowam High School.

NY courts order 367 layoffs in budget cuts

New York’s court system will lay off 367 employees statewide as of June 1.

The cuts affect court clerks and assistants, court officers of all ranks, analysts, librarians, aides, stenographers, family counseling case analysts, court reporters and attorneys and other support staff. No judges lost their jobs.

Yonkers cuts include 700 layoffs

In an effort to close an $87 million budget gap, Superintendent Bernard P. Pierorazio has proposed deep spending cuts including over 700 layoffs and elimination of funding for interscholastic sports and extracurricular activities.

Staff cuts include 232 bus monitors, 86 pre-K teachers and 68 school aides, 55 kindergarten teachers and the layoffs of 199 certified and 68 noncertified staffers in other programs.

Soap Opera Cancellations Lead to 70 Layoffs

Soap Opera Digest and Soap Opera Weekly are expected to drastically trim their staffs, the New York Post’s Keith Kelly reports. As many as half of the 70 employees in the New York office will be laid off.

Publisher Source Interlink is turning the magazines’ operations over to National Enquirer and American Media Inc. in a licensing deal.

TMP Directional Marketing may cut 167 jobs

TMP Directional Marketing LLC plans to shut down its operations if it can’t find a buyer for the business, leaving 167 jobs at its Milwaukee office in jeopardy.

Wappingers budget proposal cuts 35 positions

The Wappingers Central School District Board of Education is expected to adopt its $188.7 million budget for the 2011-12 school year next week.

The budget would eliminate about 35 district positions, roughly 30 via attrition, Parla said. Cuts include technology staff, library clerks and elementary-school teachers as well as teaching assistants and one period of musical instruction for fourth- through sixth-graders. The budget reduces BOCES services and money for supplies

Cisco cutting 550 jobs, closing down Flip business

Cisco Systems Inc said Tuesday it would cut 550 jobs as part of a plan to exit aspects of its consumer business. The San Jose, Calif., technology firm said it will close down its Flip business and support FlipShare customers and partners with a transition plan.

Sodexo contract up, 221 layoffs at Buffalo St.

More than 200 food service workers employed by Sodexo Inc. will lose their jobs at Buffalo State College in May as a result of the termination of the food management company’s contract with the college.